The Backrooms

The Backrooms

Steam Deck Playable

Ionized Games · Action · Oct 29, 2022

It depends on what you're after.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $3.99.

61%
Mixed
126 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Audio: 4 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Interface: 3 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Story and characters: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 3 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 126 player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 73 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
25% of themes are praise38% are divided37% are caveats
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Sound design is equally important to the experience.
4 of 73 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
Also, the menu is really well done and has a ton of settings to optimize the experience.
3 of 73 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love2 themes
Audio4 reviews
Interface3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Graphics12 reviews
58%
Gameplay8 reviews
75%
Difficulty3 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Story and characters6 reviews
33%
Bugs6 reviews
0%
Performance3 reviews
33%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $3.99 (−60%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

4 points recordedtoday · $3.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
61%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
7
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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